“. . in Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply...”

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

“Patience and Forgiveness are at the heart of A warrior's success, they help engender necessary intervals of space and time to evaluate difficult encounters.”

“A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart”

“Karate without heart is just A corpse”

“Never strike out of anger if at all possible, this will give your enemy the advantage and strengthen his resolve and psyche”

“On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full w...”

“Unfortunately, religion often works to shrink and tame the very wild and mysterious forces that first drew our wonder. In the process of making the inexplicable safe for the masses, the possibiliti...”

“The warrior learns of the spiritual realm by dwelling on the cutting edge of the sword, standing at the edge of the fire pit, venturing right up to the edge of starvation if necessary. Vibrant and ...”

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

“The Army might screw you and your girlfriend might dump you and the enemy might kill you, but the shared commitment to safeguard one anothers lives is unnegotiable and only deepens with time. The w...”

“Women shouldn't be in combat," said Vorkosigan, grimly glum. "Neither should men, in my opinion.”

“I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.”